Clothes hanger



.1. A. JOHNSON CLOTHES HANGER Juiy 11, 1933 Filed Dec. 31, 1931 eeoe Patented July 11, 1933 UNITED STATES- JOHN AL JOI'INSGN, ROCKFORD, ILLI J-TOES CLOTHES HANGER Application filed December 31, 1931." Serial No. 584,0524.

This invention relates to a clothes hanger of novel construction especially designed and adapted for use in motor vehicles but, of course, suitable for use in various other places.

It is generally recognized that no facilities are provided in automobiles to hang ones hat and coat or top coat; these must be laid on the It is also the practice to misuse the rear shade by hooking a coat hanger over it. The clothes hanger of my invention is one designed for application to the wall wherever desired or convenient, and is of such construction that there is no danger of the clothes dropping onto the floor despite the jostling to which the hanger is apt to be subjected by reason of the motion of the car.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger comprising a tongue of leather or other flexible material carrying a spring clasp on its lower end for holding a hat, and having holes therein above the clasp to receive the hook of a coat hanger, the tongue being provided with a snap fastener at its upper end for quick application or removal from a stud on the wall. This permits one to keep the coat hanger on the tongue while hanging the hat and coat thereon or removing the same therefrom, the tongue being left fastened on the stud, if preferred, or being removed and subsequently replaced if it is more convenient to do so.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a view of the-interior of an automobile showing a cloth-es hanger made in accordance with my invention, and

Figs. 2 and 3 are, respectively, a front and side view of the hanger shown substantially full size.

The clothes hanger of my invention, designated generally by the reference numeral 5, is illustrated in Figure 1 as applied to the side wall 6 of the car body in front of the rear seat 7 As more clearly appears in Figs. 2 and 3, the hanger 5 comprises a tongue 8 of leather or other flexible materialhaving a transverse slot 9 near the lower end for suspension of a spring clasp l0 thereon, and

above and to either side of the slot 9 to re ceive the hook 12 of a coat hangs The clasp 10 is adapted for hanging a hat by its rim,

as indicated at 13 in Figure 1., and a coat 14 can be put on the coat hanger. A snap 'fas tener 15 of any suitable or preferred type adapted for quick and easy agplication to or removal from a stud 16, in the well known way, is proviced on the upper end of the tongue 8. Snap fasteners of this type are commonly provided with spring wi es, as in-. dicated in Fig. 2, adapted to be spread when forced over the tapered end 17 of the stud and to snap into an annular groove 18. These wires are far "her apart toward the bottom of the fastener so that the fastener is removable easily by cocking the same in the manner indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, that is to say, by lifting up the bottom. This accounts for the instruction lift up appearing on the front of the fastener at the bottom thereof (see Fig 2). The stud 16 has a wood screw shank 19 permitting it to be mounted on the wall wherever desired.

In operation, when the hook 12 of a coat hanger is entered through the holes 11 in the tongue 8, the sides of the tongue are necessarilyfiexed back. This has several advantages. It causes the clasp 10 to assume a position appreciably in front of the coat hanger so that a hat hanging thereon is not crowded by the coat on the coat hanger. Furthermore, since the tongue 8 is normally flat, the slight distortion thereof, necessitated in entering the hook of the coat hanger, imposes appreciable friction on the hook 112 at the two holes 11 such that the coat hanger is held securely and will not come out regardless of the jostling to which the hanger is subjected due to the motion of the car. The flexibility of the tongue permits it to swing freely inwardly and outwardly relative to the wall, and the swivel mounting of the snap fastener 15 on the stud 16 permits freedom of sidewise movement, all without in any way tending 9 to unfasten the hanger. In other words, the coat and hat are suspended with freedom for substantially universal movement with respect to the point of support. In conclusion, it should also be noted that the fact that the tongue is pulled downwardly under the weight of the clothes, Whereas the snap fastener to be unfastened must be lifted upwardly and outwardly with respect to the stud, makes it practically impossible for the clothes hanger 5 to become unfastened accidentally.

\Vhile the invention has been described with particular reference to its use in motor vehicles, it should be understood that there are numerous other uses. For example, a hanger of this kind would be found especially useful in sleeper berths, also in staterooms. Check rooms and locker rooms are still further examples of places where hangers of this kind are useful to better advantage than the conventional hooks.

I claim:

A combination coat and hat hanger, adapted for use in automobiles and other places,

comprising an elongated flat tongue of flexible material adapted to be suspended by one end on the longitudinal center line of the tongue, said tongue having a pair of lateral- 1y spaced openings provided therein near the lateral edges of the tongue on opposite sides of the center line and at a distance below the point of suspension, said openings being suit able for entering therein the hook of a coat hanger for suspension on said tongue, and the location of said openings being such as to cause flexing of the lateral portions of the tongue rearwardly so as to cause the middle portion to protrude forwardly relative thereto, and said tongue having another opening provided therein at the lower end of the mid dle portion adapted to receive a hat hanger, the hat hanger being thereby suspended in a plane parallel with the coat hanger but forwardly spaced with respect thereto.

In witness of the foregoing I aflix my signature.

J. AL JOHNSON. 

